Northern California, end of summer. Fire Hazard Severity Zone: Very High. A mysterious death. On the anniversary of her mother''s death, CEO-in-waiting Robyn Sandoval goes for a morning run. She knows her father - a local fire fighting hero - is desperate to speak to her, to tell her something he wants her to know before she starts her new job leading the corporation that owns most of their Northern Californian town of Destino. But when Robyn arrives, she finds him dead. A devastating fire. Meanwhile, after months of drought, a freak forest fire ignites on the mountain ridge looming over the town. Destino has never burned; its unique position protected by the seemingly insurmountable barrier of the ridge, a favourable wind direction, and a belief long held by the community that they are categorically safe. A life split in two. Robyn is shaken to the core by her father''s death, and her life is shattered in two, the fabric of her reality shorn by the sheer force of her grief. The next time she wakes, everything is different: her father is alive, and there''s no sign of the fire on the ridge. To understand what is happening, she has to confront not only the secrets of her past but both versions of her present. Because back in her world, the fire is spreading and the time to find answers is running out...

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Emma Kavanagh was born in Wales in 1978 and currently lives in South Wales with her husband and two young sons. She trained as a psychologist and, after leaving university, started her own business as a psychology consultant, specialising in human performance in extreme situations. For seven years she provided training and consultation for police forces and NATO and military personnel throughout the UK and Europe.
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'Clever, gripping, utterly surprising' TAMMY COHEN

'An absolute scorcher of a mystery' C.M. EWAN

'Searing. A clever, compelling and innovative eco-thriller in which both literal and metaphorical fires burn through the characters' lives, changing them forever' ANNA MAZZOLA

The perfect life

Robyn knows she's lucky. Adopted by the wealthy Sandoval family after her mother's death, her future has been mapped out for her - taking over the business that owns most of idyllic Destino.

But on the anniversary of her mother's death, Robyn's birth father is desperate to speak to her. When she arrives at his house, she finds him dead.

The perfect town

Destino never burns. The picture-perfect town on the California coast is protected by a ridge - and by decades of good luck. So when a forest fire sparks, Destino and its residents believe they're safe. They have to be.

Split in two by fire

When Robyn wakes after finding her father's body, everything has changed. Her father is alive. She was never adopted. And there's no sign of the fire on the ridge.

Some secrets grow bigger the longer they're buried. And if Robyn can't uncover the truth, both versions of her life - and everything she thought she knew about herself and her family - might go up in smoke.

Zusammenfassung
What if the clues to solve your father's murder lay buried in another time?Every Time We Burn is an urgent and timely speculative eco-thriller that explores the concept of family, of nature versus nurture, of power imbalances between the corporate and the natural world, and asks: what if things had been different?